The Difference Between Anterograde Amnesia and Retrograde Amnesia Is

question 53

Multiple Choice

The difference between anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia is

• A) retrograde amnesia is usually complete, whereas anterograde amnesia usually affects only hours or days before an accident.
• B) anterograde amnesia is the inability to remember things that happened before the brain damage, whereas retrograde amnesia is the inability to acquire new skills after an injury.
• C) retrograde amnesia can affect memories that were formed up to a year before an injury, whereas anterograde amnesia can affect memory formation after an injury.
• D) retrograde amnesia affects autobiographical memories, whereas anterograde amnesia does not.

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